The Suchinta Foundation () is a

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non-profit think tank and research centre. Mohammad A. Arafat is the chairperson of the foundation. Arafat is the former minister of state for information and broadcasting. He was a teacher of management at the Canadian University of Bangladesh.

History

On 14 September 2013, Suchinta foundation organized a seminar titled ''Vision 2021: Achievements of the past five years and pledges for the next five years'' at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of former Prime Minister

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, spoke at the event. Suchinta Foundation organized a discussion at Radisson Blu Dhaka where Sajeeb Wazed Joy questioned the "freedom fighter" status of former President

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. On 6 February 2015, Suchinta Foundation organized a discussion on terrorism vs politics at Lakeshore Hotel. Suchinta Foundation organized a photo exhibition on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Teacher Student Centre of the

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on 14 August 2016. On 19 October 2016, Suchinta Foundation organized an event in Dhaka in collaboration with

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, Information and Communication Technology Division, and

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. At the event Sajeeb Wazed Joy was recognized as the ''"architect of Digital Bangladesh"''. Suchinta Foundation has three board members Aroma Dutta, Tanya Bukth, and Qantara Khaleda Khan. Mohammad A Arafat, chairperson of Suchinta Foundation, is an advisor to the trustee board of Canadian University of Bangladesh. Suchinta Foundation organized a seminar titled ''"Experience of Padma Bridge: Truth and Falsehood in Politics"'' at a hotel in Dhaka. Sajeeb Wazed Joy blamed Mohammad Yunus for creating a divide between Bangladesh and the United States on 23 October 2017. Suchinta Foundation jointly organized a seminar with

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on 28 August 2018. On 11 October 2018, Suchinta Foundation organised a seminar titled ''Jago Tarunno Rukho Jongibad'' with ASA University Bangladesh. On 27 October 2018, Suchinta Foundation organized a seminar titled '21 August: Present-Future of Bangladesh's Politics' where Sajeeb Wazed Joy was the chief guest. Suchinta Foundation organised a seminar, titled ''Wake up Youth, Stop Militancy'', on Royal University of Dhaka on 21 January 2019. On 6 August 2019, Suchinta Foundation organised a seminar titled ''Jagu Taronno, Rukho Santras'' with Primeasia University. On 3 February 2020, Mohammad A Arafat, chairperson of Suchinta Foundation, was part of a delegation of the Awami League who briefed foreign diplomats about the upcoming

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and

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elections. The delegation included

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, political affairs advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Shammi Ahmed, international affairs secretary of Awami League, and Muhammad Zamir, former ambassador of Bangladesh.

References

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